英语词汇“corallite”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

corallite

/ˈkɒrəlʌɪt

noun Palaeontology

1The cup-like calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp.If I were to look at photographs of the deep structure of this piece, I'd see down into the level of the skeleton of each coral polyp, the corallite....

The fine skeletal structures of the corallites are typically obliterated; skeletons are composed of fine to coarse, neomorphic calcite.
Daughter corallites possess relatively large diameters from the beginning, along with a robust colonial pattern.

1.1A fossil coral.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Latin corallum 'coral' + -ite¹.

单词	corallite
释义	corallite /ˈkɒrəlʌɪt / noun Palaeontology 1The cup-like calcareous skeleton of a single coral polyp.If I were to look at photographs of the deep structure of this piece, I'd see down into the level of the skeleton of each coral polyp, the corallite.... The fine skeletal structures of the corallites are typically obliterated; skeletons are composed of fine to coarse, neomorphic calcite. Daughter corallites possess relatively large diameters from the beginning, along with a robust colonial pattern. 1.1A fossil coral. Origin Early 19th century: from Latin corallum 'coral' + -ite¹.
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